Chapter 17

Being Hit On.

When Sheila Ramona and Hermione got back, they were all aghast at not only the fact I never got any information on the founders or Flamel, but also that I was out of bed after hours three times in a row!

Right when classes came back was also the next Quidditch match, and this one I wasn't in. It was Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff. Harry and Ivy were playing…to my shock when I found out…Ramona!

"I play Beater for Hufflepuff." Ramona said the day of the match, as I walked into the Hall and stopped when I saw Ramona (or as we started calling her, She-Cat, being she could turn into a cat, and what I had said when we first met her) in Hufflepuff Quidditch robes.

I rolled my eyes in disbelief until I saw the Beater's bat next to She-Cat. My eyes widened.

"Ok, then. Good luck." I said backing away and sitting at the Slytherin table.

"I'm scared of her." I said simply to Draco. "Remind me to have you let me borrow Tweedle-Dumb and Tweedle-Idiot when I talk to her."

Draco rolled his eyes "Oh come on!" he yelled, wrapping an arm around my shoulder "She can't be that bad, for a Mudblood."

I looked at him. "She's a…few twigs short of a Nimbus Two Thousand, to put it simply."

"Oh!" Draco said, catching on "You mean she's…?"

"Insane?" I asked "Hell yes."

Draco nodded "Then I guess I can let you borrow Crap and Boil."

I laughed "Crap and Boil? Really original." I said (trust me, I know it sounds sarcastic, but it was really original.)

"Why thanks, I try."

At that moment, Ivy ran up and plopped herself in between us, causing Draco to retract his arm off my shoulder.

"Hey, guys!" she said cheerily "What am I missing?"

"An invitation." Draco mumbled.

Ivy ignored him, or most likely didn't hear him "Anyway. I think that I'm going to be all right, seeing as we're playing Hufflepuff this time around. Wood just let me come over here to say hi."

"Ok, hi!" I said as Ivy got up "Good luck! And for Skinner's sake, DON'T FALL OFF YOUR BROOM THIS TIME!" I yelled as she walked out of the Hall.

"I WON'T!" Ivy yelled back "HAVE SOME FAITH IN ME!"

"LUCK HARRY!" I yelled.

"THANKS, SIS!" Harry yelled back.

I rolled my eyes and got up the same time as Draco, Goyle and Crabbe.

"Come on." I said, breaking into a run "I'll race you to the pitch!"

"No fair!" Draco yelled "No 'on your mark, get set, go'?"

"Ok, On your mark get set go!" I yelled still running.

"HEY!" Draco yelled behind me as I sprinted out into the grounds.

"Got to be fast, Dray if you want to win!" I teased, picking up speed.

"Or I could just play dirty. GOYLE!" Draco yelled.

The next thing I knew, Goyle had tackled me onto my stomach.

"DRACO MALFOY!" I yelled watching as said blond ran past me.

Goyle lifted me up over his shoulder.

"LET GO OF ME, GOYLE!" I yelled, pounding on him.

Goyle ignored my screams for him to put me down and carried me to our seats in the pitch.

Draco smirked when he saw me slung over Goyle's shoulder "I won."

I glared at him "When I get my hands on you, Draco Malfoy, so help me I'll-"

"Ok, ok, easy. Goyle set her down." Draco ordered, still smirking.

Goyle dropped me onto my bum.

"He said set me down, not drop me!" I yelled.

Draco crossed his arms and glared at Goyle "Yeah, Goyle. Way to drop her on her behind." he scolded, grabbing me under my arm and pulling me up.

"Thanks." I said, sitting down, just as the game was starting.

"Who are you cheering for?" I asked.

"I don't know." Goyle said "I hate Gryffindors, and Hufflepuffs are just insanely stupid. It's a tough call. You?"

"Gryffindor. Family and friend ties." I put simply "And, besides, if Ramona came after me with her bat, Ivy'd protect me."

"She'd better, I'd rather not have Crabbe and Goyle risked." Draco teased, his eyes on Ivy, narrowed in a glare.

The game started with no sight of the Snitch. Ivy scored a couple of goals (much to my excitement.) and Snape was refereeing. He gave Hufflepuff an unfair advantage, seeing as he hated Gryffindors (especially my brother).

Professor Snape just gave Hufflepuff a penalty for no apparent reason when Draco got bored.

"Let's go bug Weasley." Draco recommended, standing up "Who's in?"

"Me!" I chirped, bolting to my feet.

After Crabbe and Goyle got up, we made our way to the Gryffindor part of the stands, where Ron was standing with Neville.

"Hey, Ron!" I said cheerfully.

Neville nodded and turned away.

"Hey, Han. Malfoy, what are you doing here? Come to jinx Neville some more?" Ron demanded.

Draco scoffed "Longbottom was asking for it, Weasley!" Then Draco smirked "Han, you know how I think they pick people for the Quidditch team? It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Duff, who has no mummy and the Weasley twins, who have no money. Longbottom, you should be on the team, you have no brains!"

Neville shot up to his feet and glared at Draco.

"I'm worth twelve of you, Malfoy!" he snapped then he turned to me "So, Han. If you ever get tired of hanging around a schlep, you know, we could go hang out in the Gryffindor common room."

Draco glared with a look of pure loathing.

"What did you just say?" Draco demanded, glancing at Crabbe and Goyle, as though to tell them Don't move…yet.

"I told Hannah that if she got tired of hanging around a schlep like you, she should hang around me."

Ron stared at Neville with a look of shock.

"Neville…don't do that! Malfoy'll have your head!"

Draco took a step towards Neville "I knew there was a reason I put the Leg Locker Curse on you, Longbottom. Maybe I should have put the Tongue Tying Jinx on you as well."

Draco nodded to Crabbe and Goyle, who took a step towards Neville.

Ron, finally got in the way "No way, Malfoy. I'm not letting you touch Neville, though he took my advice to flirt with Hannah a bit too much to heart."

"It was you who told Longbottom to hit on Hannah, Weasel-King?" Draco demanded. "I'll let Crabbe and Goyle deal with you, Longbottom, you're dead!"

Just before Draco could do so much as slap Neville, Hermione shrieked in excitement.

"Ron, Harry caught the Snitch! We won! Gryffindor's in the lead for the House Cup!" she said wrapping her arms around me from behind.

"WAY TO BE HARRY!" I yelled, turning around and hugging her. "Let's go congratulate him!"

Hermione and I walked down onto the very loud pitch to look for Harry. We found him…being mobbed by a bunch of random second year Gryffindors.

"HARRY!" I screamed, jumping right into his arms "Way to go!"

"Hey, sis. Where's Ron?" Harry asked, returning the enormous hug I wrapped him in.

"Crap!" Hermione, to my surprise (she never swears) said "We left Ron and Neville alone with Malfoy!"

"Whatever Malfoy does to Neville or Ron," Ivy said, coming up to us and pulling me off Harry to pull me into a hug "I'll kill him."

"But, V." I said, returning the hug fully "Neville hit on me!"

"WHAT!" Harry yelled "I wouldn't blame Malfoy then if he killed Neville. Nobody hits on my baby sister!"

"I'm only a day younger than you, Harry." I pointed out.

"Right." Harry said "Come on, Ivy, we need to go change before the party in the common room."

And with that, Ivy and Harry left for the change rooms.

We found out later that Neville was in the hospital wing again. Apparently, he tried to take on Crabbe and Goyle single handed. And Draco had a bloody nose. So, I was sitting in the common room later that day, helping Draco clean his face up.

"OW!" Draco yelled "That hurts, Oreo."

I blushed "Sorry, I'm going as lightly as I can. Ron must've hit you pretty hard."

Draco nodded wincing "Yeah, Weasel-King did. Damn him and Longbottom to hell." he hissed.

"It still amazes me what would go through your head as to try to pick a fight. It's a miracle you weren't caught!" I scolded.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Draco said, rolling his eyes "Sorry that something Longbottom said made me mad."

"What'd he say?" I asked.

"He was freaking hitting on you, and that royally pissed me off. Something inside me just…snapped when he called me a schlep."

"Well," I said, leaning into his face, checking to see if his nose was broken "Neville Longbottom is a git. Don't let him rile you. I think the bleeding stopped."

"Thanks. You're awesome." Draco smirked.

"When am I not?" I asked smirking myself.

I knew we were going to have another moment. And sure enough, we did.

We were just about to kiss (yes, I know again) when yet again Ivy burst through the door.

"HAN!" she yelled, ruining the moment "I found something in Nightshade's tree!"

I would have groaned if Ivy didn't say that.

"Let's go!" I said, grabbing my Invisibility Cloak and following her.